Labrets
- Museum number:
- 2-6853a-f
- Permalink:
- ark:/21549/hm21026853a@2df
- Alternate number:
- x-3046 (original number)
- Accession number:
- Acc.167
- Description:
- Ivory labrets/plugs. 3 nail-shaped, 3 stubby.
- Donor:
- Alaska Commercial Company, Benjamin Bristol, and Older University Collections
- Collection place:
- Alaska
- Verbatim coll. place:
- Alaska
- Culture or time period:
- Alaskan Eskimo
- Collector:
- unknown
- Collection date:
- 1898
- Object type:
- ethnography
- Object class:
- Labrets (jewelry worn on the head)
- Function:
- 2.2 Personal Adornments and Accoutrements
- Accession date:
- 1904
- Context of use:
- Plugs used in process of enlarging labret hole (for men).
- Department:
- Native US and Canada (except California)
- Dimensions:
- 1.5 centimeters
- Legacy documentation:
-